Still Won't Fly...

Good day.

The helicopter now has other symtpoms... in fact, the symptoms are back to nearly what it was straight out of the box.... So, I now have enough parts to make 2 helicopters, and I'm back to square one... that's good... I'm pleased.

Heh heh.. not!

Actually, I'm a little too tired to get all excited about my poor helicopter... after last night's blasting phone call with my boss, I seem to have expended all my energy.

Sitting on a telephone, screaming at your boss, is not good. It just isn't good. And, I'm not normally like that... It seems that it's only a question of "when" I start smoking again, not "if"...

So, you "pick a day" to quit smoking, and all that.... I really feel like now, I should pick a day to start again, and really make it an occasion.... When you think about it, so many quitting attempts END in such quiet solitude, it's almost sad... standing next to your car in your work parking lot... sitting at home... Or a personal favorite, outside of a convenience store, standing next to my car, with a fresh pack of Marlboros, and a new bic lighter, with the sticker still on it... lighting that sweet puppy, and saying "Aaaaahhhhhh..."

It seems odd, that those moments of such pure joy and release, are usually so lonely, at the same time... I'll have to make it a point this time to do something interesting when I start again, make it memorable...

Anyway, I just activated a credit card, a replacement... I'm always amused by all the pitches for their "Credit Shield" and "Credit Protect" scams, errr, uhh, products they sell. Pay big money to see your credit report... uh huh... yeah, I believe it's at annualcreditreport.com that you get your free credit report from the 3 credit brokers... check clarkhoward.com for any and all info relating to identity theft and your credit, very good site from the well known consumer advocate.

I love that though, they sell my information to anyone who wants it, exposing me to tremendous risk, and then they want me to pay even more for "phantom" protection products that don't really do much of anything except monitor my credit reports, which I can do for free...

Sigh... lucky for me, I'm just a small doggie. My main concern in life is that I know there's a bacon cheeseburger out there with my name on it... I just have to FIND it!!!

Should we talk a little sports? Okay. Bucks are in total and complete free fall... another humiliating loss yesterday. Hello, lottery pick. And these Brewers... they have high expectations, allegedly. Bill Hall, he just HAD to go to the outfield... okay, so he's struggled out there, defensively... and I hear Nedly say "Well, we knew that goin' in, that Billy would struggle a little..." Whaa? What? Didn't he have his whole spring training to figure this out?? 9 weeks in the Arizona desert, surrounded by professional instruction??

The talk for a long time has been "Wait till all this talent comes up from the minors." Okay, it's here. And I swear, these kids... what have they been doing? It's like they all have to learn to play baseball.... I don't get that. A truly great game like tne NFL, I get that. There's no minor league. You come from college, and you have a lot to learn in the pro game. I get that. But baseball.... come on now, baseball is baseball. You catch the ball, you hit the ball, you throw the ball, you run the bases. Strategies and techniques are the same. Sure, you're seeing better pitching, and better defense... but the act of catching a fly ball in the outfield is the same in Beloit as it is in Nashville, as it is in Milwaukee, as it is in Miami. Period. A grounder to 3rd is the same in Pawtucket as it is in Chicago.

So, the talent is up, and the team still appears to have a long ways to go. Long ways. Keep in mind, one of the all time records for franchise futility is ON The Milwaukee Brewers. I'm of course referring to the infamous "20 and 10". This is 20 years without a post season appearance, and ten years of no record above .500. This has only been done like 2 or three times in the history of all organized pro sports, including buckets, hockey, football, all of it. Seriously, I won't bore you, but you can dig that up.

The Brewers PASSED BY the infamous 20 and 10 three F-ing years ago, and have KEPT GOING!!!! The streak is still alive!!! We are now, this early in the season, already comfortably below .500. You want to keep the pressure off, ya know...

Anyway... all this snow in Cleveland. I know people in Minneapolis, and honest to God, they are building an open-air ballpark up there for the Twins. I ask myself, why?? Why?? Look, the Brewers may have issues, but one thing that totally totally rules the world is a retractable roof stadium. Seriously people, get your craniums out of your rectums, and put a lid on that stadium...

Until next time...